Dental Caries Experience of a Group of School Children At Ogden, Utah, with and without Rheumatic Fever

Sugar, dental caries and the incidence of acute rheumatic fever: a cohort study of Māori and Pacific children

“…The distribution of age and socioeconomic status was similar in the two groups. A second study, carried out in Utah (n=264), showed similar caries levels between cases and controls, although caries levels were generally higher in cases, compared to controls (aged 5–9 years; mean dmft: 7.2 in cases, compared to 6.1 in controls) 21. Other studies have reported the association between ARF, ethnic group and socioeconomic deprivation 22.…”

Oral health experiences of Turkish children with acute rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease

“…The literature embodies several studies comparing children with ARF and healthy children regarding their caries experiences ( 8 , 13 , 14 , 15 ). Thornley et al ( 8 ) claimed that there was a positive correlation between caries and ARF.…”

“…The dmft index of primary teeth in the study group was found to be significantly higher than that of the healthy group (p<0.001), similar to various studies conducted with cardiac patients in the literature ( 10 , 12 ). One study concluded that the patient group with ARF had significantly more caries than the control group ( 14 ). Such a result in this study may suggest that using depot-penicillin because of RHD accelerates caries in primary teeth ( 21 ).…”

“…In the literature, children with congenital heart disease (CHD) have been more susceptible to caries lesions when compared to healthy control groups ( 10 , 12 ). To our best knowledge, only a few studies have assessed the impacts of interference with oral health in children with ARF ( 8 , 13 , 14 , 15 ). Moreover, there is no such previously conducted study in Turkey.…”